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diff --git a/changelog/v1.18.0-beta35/add-readiness-liveness-probe.yaml b/changelog/v1.18.0-rc1/add-readiness-liveness-probe.yaml
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diff --git a/changelog/v1.18.0-beta35/bump-kubectl-image.yaml b/changelog/v1.18.0-rc1/bump-kubectl-image.yaml
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diff --git a/changelog/v1.18.0-beta35/deprecate-graphql.yaml b/changelog/v1.18.0-rc1/deprecate-graphql.yaml
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diff --git a/changelog/v1.18.0-rc1/move-changelogs.yaml b/changelog/v1.18.0-rc1/move-changelogs.yaml
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--- /dev/null
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+changelog:
+  - type: NON_USER_FACING
+    description: >-
+      Move changelogs to 1.18.0-rc1
+
+      skipCI-kube-tests:true
+      skipCI-docs-build:true
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